India’s first Earth-orbiting satellite was named for what astronomer-mathematician of the Gupta dynasty?
India’s first Earth-orbiting satellite was named for what astronomer-mathematician of the Gupta dynasty? Correct Answer Aryabhata
Aryabhata, an astronomer and the earliest Indian mathematician whose work and history are available to modern scholars, flourished in Kusumapura, which is near Patalipurta (Patna), then the capital of the Gupta dynasty. The Indian government named its first satellite (launched 1975) Aryabhata in his honour.